Tag: baptism
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April 16, 2017 Sermon — “What next?”
Colossians 3:1-4 So if you have been raised with Christ, seek the things that are above, where Christ is, seated at the right hand of God. 2Set your minds on things that are above, not on things that are on earth, 3for you have died, and your life is hidden with Christ in God. 4When…
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May 8, 2016 Sermon–“Ten Tasks”
Exodus 20:1-21 Then God spoke all these words: 2 I am the Lord your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery; 3you shall have no other gods before me. 4 You shall not make for yourself an idol, whether in the form of anything that is in heaven…
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Sermon of June 14, 2015–“The Waiting Room”
Mark 4:26-34 26He also said, “The kingdom of God is as if someone would scatter seed on the ground, 27and would sleep and rise night and day, and the seed would sprout and grow, he does not know how. 28The earth produces of itself, first the stalk, then the head, then the full grain in…
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Sermon of February 15, 2015–“Who What When Where Why Worship”
Mark 9:2-10 2 After six days Jesus took Peter, James and John with him and led them up a high mountain, where they were all alone. There he was transfigured before them. 3 His clothes became dazzling white, whiter than anyone in the world could bleach them. 4 And there appeared before them Elijah and Moses, who were talking…
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Sermon of March 16–“Happy Birthday”
John 3:1-17 Now there was a Pharisee named Nicodemus, a leader of the Jews.2He came to Jesus by night and said to him, “Rabbi, we know that you are a teacher who has come from God; for no one can do these signs that you do apart from the presence of God.” 3Jesus answered him, “Very…
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Sermon of January 12, 2014–“Welcome Water”
Matthew 3:13-17: 13 Then Jesus came from Galilee to John at the Jordan, to be baptized by him. 14John would have prevented him, saying, ‘I need to be baptized by you, and do you come to me?’ 15But Jesus answered him, ‘Let it be so now; for it is proper for us in this way to fulfill all…
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Weekly Update–January 9, 2013
“Eye on Emmanuel” Weekly Update–January 9, 2014 Dear Friends and Members of Emmanuel Reformed Church, It’s been a strange week with the cold and the odd weather. I hope that you are warm, safe, and dry and that your loved ones are too. Sunday, January 12th brings us to the Baptism of Christ Sunday and Installation…
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Weekly Update–Thursday, August 15, 2013
Hello Friends and Members of Emmanuel Church, For Sunday’s worship, we will be looking at Luke 12:49-56, and the sermon is called “The God Season.” Next week: Vacation Bible School Part II–Service in the name of the Lord–will be held Monday Through Wednesday, 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. Just in time for the start…
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Sermon of April 7th–“Nice to Meet You”
Revelation 1:4-8 John to the seven churches that are in Asia: Grace to you and peace from him who is and who was and who is to come, and from the seven spirits who are before his throne, and from Jesus Christ, the faithful witness, the firstborn of the dead, and the ruler of the kings…
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Sermon of January 13, 2013–“Somebody’s Calling My Name”
Luke 3:15-17, 21-22 3:15 As the people were filled with expectation, and all were questioning in their hearts concerning John, whether he might be the Messiah, 3:16 John answered all of them by saying, “I baptize you with water; but one who is more powerful than I is coming; I am not worthy to untie the…
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